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29 September 2026 | 10 min read | by Gavi Staff
When the Big Catch-Up launched in 2023, many of the children it sought to reach were no longer infants. In Ethiopia’s Ambassel district, health worker Meseret Belay regularly walked for hours across mountainous terrain to vaccinate children who had missed routine immunisations months or even years ea ...
Countries Exchange Experiences on Institutionalizing Catch-up Vaccination in South-East Asia
31 August 2026 | Departmental update | New Delhi, India
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Representatives from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste joined a WHO-supported Country Knowledge Exchange V ...
Call for submissions: Big Catch-up special collection in the International Journal for Equity in Health
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted essential health services, including routine immunization, contributing to the accumulation of millions of children missing life-saving vaccines. Pandemic impacts, combined with persistent challenges f ...
Child vaccine catch-up drive on course to hit target: UN
Geneva (AFP) – The United Nations on Friday said a three-year effort to immunise children who missed routine vaccinations due to the Covid-19 crisis was on course to reach the 21 million target.
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Vaccinazioni, oltre 100 milioni di dosi ai bambini contro l’epidemia di morbillo in 36 Paesi
UNICEF/GAVI/OMS: la più grande campagna di somministrazione
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ROMA – Le epidemie di morbillo sono in aumento in ogni regione con circa 11 milioni di casi nel 2024, e il numero di paesi c ...
Post-COVID Vaccination Catch-up Pays Off – But Aid Cuts and Misinformation Pose New Threats
Child & adolescent health 24/04/2026 • Kerry Cullinan
Carrying their vaccines, a group of health workers cross a flooded area in Gonja sub-district in Northern Ghana.
The huge push to reach children who missed vaccinations during COVID-19 has larg ...
WHO global alliance delivers 100 million childhood vaccine doses since 2023
April 23 (Reuters) - More than 100 million vaccine doses have been delivered to 18.3 million children worldwide since 2023 under a global drive to reverse pandemic-related declines in childhood immunisation, the World Health Organization and vaccine alliance Gavi said on ...
The Big Catch-Up has achieved much of what it set out to do
Pandemic disruptions reversed decades of immunisation progress. A programme designed to catch-up, restore and strengthen immunisation programmes is shifting paradigms.
24 April 2026
5 min read | Alex de Jonquieres, Rita Kaali, Phionah Lynn Atuhebwe, Diana Chang Blan ...
Largest catch-up initiative delivers over 100 million childhood vaccinations
24 April 2026
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The Big Catch-Up, launched during World Immunization Week 2023, has delivered over 100 mill ...
Families returning home join Syria’s Big Catch-Up to protect every child
November 2025 – Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
At Barzeh Al-Balad Health Centre in Damascus, 35-year-old Yousra smiles as she holds her daughter’s newly issued vaccination card. “It feels good to be back home and to know my children are protected,” she says.
Yousra ...